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InTheFray presents: China/Tibet-themed book reading on Thursday (3/2) in NY
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By Zay Lafleur John
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 |
InTheFray Magazine is co-sponsoring a China/Tibet-themed book reading and discussion in Manhattan on Thursday night. Details are below. Please join us!
—The Editors
Two Tales of Cultural Survival on China's Borders
Two peoples on China's borders live only a few hundred miles apart, but they see very different faces of the Chinese government. While the Chinese state persecutes Tibetan Buddhists for their cultural and religious expression, another Buddhist group, the Tai Lue, are relatively free to revive their cultural and religious traditions and cross national borders. What is different about these two groups, and what can they tell us about life on the borders of a rising superpower? Please join the Human Rights Watch Young Advocates and InTheFray Magazine for a reading and book signing by two authors exploring cultural survival in 21st century China. (To read an InTheFray interview with the authors, click here.)
Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China's Southwest Borders
By Sara (Meg) Davis
Dr. Davis is a former China researcher for Human Rights Watch and has written for several publications including The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, and Modern China.
Lhasa: Streets with Memories
By Robert Barnett
Prof. Barnett is a lecturer in Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University and a former BBC journalist. He is also the ex-director and founder of the Tibet Information Network.
Thursday, March 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Telephone Bar
149 2nd Ave. (between 9th St. & 10th St.)
Subways:
R / 8th St. stop
6 / Astor Pl. stop
F / 2nd Ave. stop
Please note there will be a $3 suggested donation to help cover the cost of renting the room.
Sponsored by the Human Rights Watch Young Advocates (www.hrw.org/nyc) and InTheFray Magazine. |
